The days we could just be free are far past

This was so much fun to wear!! Leia as a character is a lot of fun to emulate and I really liked her interactions with the other characters in the game. I especially had a lot of fun volunteering at the Namco Bandai booth and meeting Hideo Baba!

I originally planned to have this for AX '13 but when I heard that ACP was looking for Tales of Xillia cosplayers for a Wondercon event... I totally jumped on the opportunity. I wasn't able to start on the outfit until after finals which ended the week before Wondercon. During the spring break week I juggled studying, sewing, and general derping around up until the last moment but I think I did alright with what resources I had available.

All parts of the outfit that required sewing were done by me. I used Heat'n Bond for a lot of the smaller details i.e. the neck collar and then shoes, but I decided to go the sewing-together-puzzle-pieces route for the dress which took up such a huge chunk of my time that I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to finish the prop in time. All seemed to be well by the time I had the finishing touches, and I hope to rewear this again (with minor adjustments) to AX!The giant Q-tip weapon (lol) is a wooden dowel with Paperclay added to the ends.

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Location: Anaheim Convention Center during Wondercon 2013
Photographer: ~Mnguyen8097
Characters: Leia Rolando (cosplayed by ~1tsuka) from Tales of Xillia